Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 240 General Strategy

In Jiang County, the Hui River flows through Yicheng, passes through Quwo, and flows into Fenshui. At the confluence of the two rivers, there is a wide delta with lush vegetation and towering rocks.

Zhang Fei led his troops here and divided them into two groups, one on the south bank of the Fenshui River, and the other on the delta across the Weihe River. They crossed the river in batches every day, but they were all forced to retreat by the bandits.

Two days later, Zhang Fei lost his patience, and sat alone on the bank drinking, and ordered his soldiers to shout and curse on the bank.

The bandits did not show any weakness. They clamored on the other side, clamoring for the other party to cross the river and fight to the death, but there was no progress.

Back in the tent that day, Zhang Fei, who was lying drunk on the shore, immediately woke up. Qin Liang was surprised and said, "General sober up so quickly?"

Zhang Fei waved his hands and said with a smile: "I can drink Xinghua Village without getting drunk, let alone a jar of dirty wine?"

Wang Ji understood, and asked: "The general pretended to be drunk to let the bandits take their guard lightly. Could it be that he already has a plan to defeat the enemy?"

Zhang Fei said with a smile, "Sicong, you are a military adviser now, don't stay up all night, but you can't think of a clever plan."

"Ashamed, ashamed!" Wang Ji looked embarrassed, shook his head and said: "I have been thinking about it for several nights, but I can't implement it, and I owe the general's trust."

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "The Raohe attack plan you mentioned earlier is actually feasible, but the time has not yet come."

Wang Ji was encouraged, he looked happy, and asked: "Really?"

"Of course!" Zhang Fei nodded and said, "It's just that you said that there are too many people crossing the river, and the thieves will easily find out, so it can't be implemented. If you send elite soldiers to cross the river one after another, you will succeed."

Wang Ji frowned and said, "It's just crossing the river in batches. Too many people will take time, but too few people won't help. What should we do?"

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "There is no need for too many, 500 people are enough!"

"Five hundred?" Wang Ji was taken aback, "Could it be less?"

Zhang Fei didn't answer, and turned to Qin Liang, "Jing Bo, I'll send you five hundred soldiers to cross the river, do you dare to go?"

Qin Liang clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, general, I promise to kill the enemy camp."

"Hahaha, this looks like Zhang Fei's soldiers!" Zhang Fei laughed with satisfaction and said: "Tonight, select 500 people from the camp, 30 people at a time, cross the river in batches from upstream and downstream, and hide in the mountains first. At noon the day after tomorrow, when we saw the flag on the shore falling, we attacked the enemy camp from behind."

"Obey!" Qin Liang took the order and left. This was his first time leading the army alone, and he was full of excitement.

Wang Ji was puzzled and said: "The camp is usually attacked at night, but the general put it in the daytime. I'm afraid it's not appropriate."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Attacking the camp at night is a strategist's trick. I use it, of course it's a general's trick!"

"General's plan?" Wang Ji frowned in confusion. This was the first time he heard of it.

Zhang Fei didn't explain to him, but ordered: "Tomorrow you go to Weishui Island to lead troops to prepare, get your boats and rafts ready, and watch the commander's flag fall, then supervise the army to cross the river and rush to kill, and promise to take down Hu Cai."

Wang Ji couldn't figure it out. He couldn't figure out how Zhang Fei could cross the river. Could it be that Qin Liang's 500 people attracted the bandit army?

But there were [-] thieves in the army, half of them were allocated to deal with Qin Liang, but they never returned. If they wanted to ask again, Zhang Fei had already gone back to sleep in his tent, so he had to arrange a tour of the camp.

On the second day, Zhang Fei ordered his soldiers to still yell and curse. After drinking half a jar of wine on the bank, he suddenly became drunk and went crazy.

However, the river was wide and the mounts couldn't cross it. They raised their hooves and neighed on the bank, but refused to take a step forward, which made the bandits laugh endlessly.

Zhang Fei was so angry that he ordered people to bring beef, wine and vegetables, and sat on the bank to eat and scold. He and Zhang Fei competed for alcohol.

At dusk, the two of them were very drunk and returned to their camps. The soldiers on both sides cursed endlessly.

At noon the next day, Zhang Fei and Li Le came to the shore with wine and food at the same time. They sat on the ground across from each other, each with a bowl of wine, refusing to give in to each other. Since they couldn't compete, they had to compete in terms of drinking capacity.

In a blink of an eye, one jar of wine was drunk, and another jar was brought in. Zhang Fei simply held up the wine jar and drank it.

Then both of them collapsed to the ground, lying on the bank gasping for breath, drenched in wine, commanding the soldiers to yell.

Zhang Fei was enraged again, and asked someone to bring a mount. A soldier helped him onto the horse, and he sat on the horse, staggering, clamoring to cross the river to fight.

Zhang Fei circled his mount, rode crookedly on the horse, and urged the mount to rush towards the bank again. The bandits didn't care, and they sat or stood on the bank, laughing endlessly.

"Drive!" Zhang Fei was still two zhang away from the river bank, suddenly full of energy, with a snake spear in one hand and a silk rein in the other, he half bent on the horse's back and yelled loudly.

Herod—

The black-headed horse let out a startling neigh, with its mane flying and its tail raised high, it rushed straight to the bank of the river, and without the slightest stagnation, it raised its front hooves and jumped out towards the river.

The horse is like a swimming dragon, with its four hooves stretched out in the air. Zhang Fei clings to the horse's back. The man and horse are one, and they leap over the Fen River like a god descending into the world.

"Ah?" The thieves on the other side were dumbfounded and completely stunned when they saw this scene.

"Aw—" the officers and soldiers jumped and cheered, and the flag guard raised the big ax that had been prepared, and slashed fiercely at the flagpole.

One person and one horse, crossing the Fen River!

This scene was imprinted in everyone's minds and could not be calmed down for a long time.

"Zhang Fei from Yanbei is here!"

Zhang Fei shouted loudly on the river, like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, drowning out the sound of the waves.

puff-

In a daze, Zhang Fei had already crossed Fenshui on horseback and landed on the shore alone, splashing up a large amount of sand.

"Li Le dog thief, can the old Zhang do nothing for you?"

In shock and silence, the Wuzui horse landed not far from Li Le. Zhang Fei shouted loudly, and the snake spear thrust out suddenly, like a golden snake coming out of its hole, extremely fast.

puff-

With a soft sound, Li Le, who was still in a daze, was stabbed in the center by Zhang Fei with a spear. With a slight force of his arms, he picked him up and threw him into the Fen River.

Li Le only had time to let out a scream before he fell into the river with a splash, splashing a large wave.

"The surrender will not be killed!" Zhang Fei swept the snake spear across the void, glaring angrily at the bandits standing on the shore.

dong dong dong-

It wasn't until this time that the officers and soldiers on the other side began to beat the drums, and the sound of the drums resounded across both banks. The soldiers who were ready in the battalion rushed to the river bank one after another, boarded boats and rushed towards the opposite bank.

The thieves on the shore were so frightened that their legs became weak, and Zhang Fei yelled loudly, and they knelt down one after another. Absolutely.

Zhang Fei rode his horse and leaped onto the river bank, brandished the Zhangba Snake Spear, and charged into the camp of the bandits alone.

"The surrender will not be killed!" Zhang Fei roared every time the snake spear swept across.

The thieves in front of them were swept over like straws, fell to the ground and let out a miserable scream, and quickly knelt down to avoid death, holding their heads and shivering on the ground.

(End of this chapter)